Donald Trump appears poised to announce a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, due to expire at the end of December, while setting new limits on who is eligible to receive the tax credits, according to reports.

Without an extension of Covid-19-era Obamacare subsidies, insurance premiums for nearly 22 million American citizens threaten to more than double early next year, a point made repeatedly by Democrats during the recent 43-day government shutdown, who refused to sign a stopgap spending bill that did not address the problem.

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    4 hours ago

    Well, no. SNAP is funded through the whole year, they won’t be able to starve people again. Federal workers can’t be laid off and deprived of salary again.

    I suppose if you’re not food insecure and don’t care about federal workers you could argue it’s nothing to you but that’s different.

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      4 hours ago

      No, fuck this shit, your narrative is fucked. Snap wasn’t even what the fight was about. For it to be a win snap needed to be in danger before the shutdown. Which it wasn’t. You’re a propagandist.